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Monday, August 31, 2015

Release Day Blitz & Giveaway

IndecisionbyElisabeth Grace

Release Date: August 31, 2015

~ Synopsis ~

Jackie Davenport will try
anything once, especially in the bedroom. Anything except falling in love. She
lives a carefree existence packed full of fun, but free from emotional
entanglements and that’s just how she wants to keep it. When she meets the new
police officer in town, she’s unable to deny the connection between them. His
over confidence and bullish ways grate on her…still she can’t help but find
herself falling into his bed AND falling for him. Jamie McTavish is man enough
to admit that he probably didn’t make the best first impression when he met the
911 Operator. That doesn’t mean there isn’t still sizzling sexual tension
between them. He’s a man of action and he’s not content to sit on the sidelines
until Jackie works out her issues. But trying to tame this tiger might be too
big of a challenge for even him.

I
pulled the cruiser into Jackie’s driveway. What the hell was wrong with me? It
was only yesterday that I’d gotten her off and yet here I was, sitting
unannounced in her driveway like a stalker.

If
I’d thought it difficult to get her off my mind before, what had happened in
the wine cellar had made it damn near impossible.

Everyone
I’d talked to had said the same thing—that she’d turned down each and every cop
or fireman that had asked her out. No one was sure if she was just trying to
keep her personal life outside of the work environment or what, but I intended
to find out. The insane pull between us didn’t leave me any other choice.

With
a sigh, I unbuckled my seatbelt and glanced at the small bungalow. It was cute
with white siding and black shutters. Hanging baskets of colorful flowers hung
from hooks around the veranda and a kickass bicycle was leaning against the
side of the house. That helped to explain why she had such a firm ass.

I
opened the door to the cruiser when the front door of the house burst open, and
Jackie stood there frozen, her hand held to her chest and such an expression of
fear on her face that I bolted out of the car and up the front steps.

“What’s
wrong?” I demanded as soon as I was in front of her.

“Wh-what
are you doing here?” she asked in barely a whisper.

I
relaxed a fraction once it was clear she was okay. “I figured you could use a
lift to Don’s place for your car. Didn’t think you would’ve driven home last
night.” I shrugged. “It’s been quiet today, so I popped by to see if you wanted
me to drive you over.”

She
released a pent-up breath and relief washed over her face. “Oh, thank God.”

She
glanced down at where my hands lay on her soft skin and looked back up to me,
blinking twice. “It’s nothing. When I saw the cruiser in the driveway...never
mind.” She shook her head.

I
studied her for a moment. She was sexy just rolling out of bed with her hair
thrown in a messy bun and last night’s make-up still on her face. “You sure?”

She
nodded and her eyes flicked down to my hands once more. “Why are you always
touching me whenever I see you?” Her voice had come out all breathy, not at all
convincing me that she didn’t like my hands right where they were.

I
grazed her collarbones with my thumbs, causing goose bumps to form on her skin.
“I think you know exactly why.”

Sometimes you reach a point where you just can’t take any more – a breaking point some call it. The day I watched my husband murder the woman who was pregnant with his child, my point didn’t just break, it exploded like a magazine firing through the barrel of a fully-automatic AK-47. Literally. I am no longer his American Princess, nor am I his slave. Now, I’m a murderer in hiding. My name was Bryleigh Carter Oliveira and that was my story.

Translucent is one woman's story of breaking free, starting over, and learning to trust again through willful submission.

Picking me up off the bed, Ish threw me over his shoulder and marched
out of the hotel room, into the pitch-black night. Scared speechless, I didn’t
make a peep as he strode into the small motel office and dropped me on the
floor. The male front desk attendant that had rented me the room had eyes as
big as saucers, obviously fearful of Ish and the scene unfolding in front of
him.

“Did you give her a room to stay in?” he demanded.

The older man nodded, taking a small step backwards.

“Don’t you fucking move, Gramps, and answer me when I ask you a goddamn
question.”

“Y-yes, I gave her a room,” he admitted in a cracked voice.

“Did she pay you with money, or did she fuck you for it?”

“She paid me with money, sir. I don’t run that kind of business.” The
man looked down at me huddled in a corner on the floor, and then back up at
Ish. “She never even offered that kind of thing.”

Ish stomped around to the back of the counter and held his hand out,
palm up. “She wants a refund. She’s not staying here tonight.”

Trembling, the man opened the cash register and pulled out some cash,
setting it in Ish’s hand. As he did, Ish grabbed hold of his wrist and twisted
it behind his back.

“No, you probably didn’t, but she did,” Ish spat, his fiery eyes darting
over to me. “Princesa, did you know you were doing something
wrong?”

The growing sob that had
built in the back of my throat escaped as I nodded and said, “Yes, I did.”

“Well, someone needs to
be punished for your bad behavior to remind you not to do something like this
again.”

“Punish me, Ish,” I
cried. “That poor man has nothing to do with this. Please, let him go.”

He glanced over at the
man he held in a tight hold, and then back at me before releasing an evil laugh
that echoed loudly throughout the small room. “Sorry, Princesa, but I need you to be pretty for our
upcoming wedding.” Then, without warning, he pulled a long-bladed knife from
the leg of his pants and chopped the man’s hand clear off in one swing. I’m not
sure who screamed louder, me or the man, but within seconds, it was only my
high-pitched voice shrieking, because Ish took the knife and slit the man’s
throat, killing him instantaneously. Dropping the bloody body, he stalked
towards me, bent down to my level, and clamped his hand on top of my mouth.

“Quiet now, Bryleigh,
before you alert anyone else and I do the same thing to them. You don’t want to
be the reason anyone else dies tonight, do you?” he whispered in my ear.

Immediately, I stop
screaming, knowing damn well he would do exactly what he promised. “Now, that’s
my good Princesa,” he said, stroking my hair. “We should get
out of here. I’m going to carry you to the car, and I expect you to be
well-behaved.”

Lifting me from the dirty
tile floor, he carried me like a baby out to his car and placed me on the
passenger seat. Petrified of what was going to happen next, I sat as still as a
statue as he got into the car and drove north, back towards Chicago. He said
nothing the entire drive home, but once we were both inside the apartment, he
threw me on the bed and stripped me naked. Turning me over so that I was
face-down on the mattress, he yanked forcefully on my hips, raising them in the
air. He held tightly onto my hipbones as he viciously thrust himself into my
virgin ass—no warning…no lube…nothing. I shouted out at the intense pain, and
tears immediately began to stream down my face, but he didn’t stop thrusting
until he was buried completely inside of me.

Leaning over, with his chest pressed to my back, he said in low,
spine-chilling voice, “Anytime you fuck up, Princesa,
someone will pay the price, and I will make you watch as I administer the
punishment. You need to see the consequences of your actions, so don’t fuck up
again if you don’t want any more blood on your conscience.”

He then fiercely fucked me until he came deep inside my asshole. He
pulled out, not saying another word, then showered and left. I cried until I
couldn’t see, and passed out with exhaustion.

That was the only time I ever tried to run away, but sadly, not the only
bloodstains on my hands. It was only the beginning.

This is the first book in the Luminous Series and WOW this
book was AMAZING!!!! This is not your
everyday, boy meets girl, they have their struggles and run off into the
sunset. Oh it starts that way, Bryleigh
and Ish, a young couple caught up in each other until the ugly horrific truths
of the man you fell for a revealed and you see he is nothing short of a
monster. Running off into the sunset….NO….Running
for your life!

When we meet Blake she is a shell of the girl she used
to be. Forced to start over in a new
place with a new name constantly looking over her shoulder out of fear. Making a new start and keeping a low profile
is her only focus, something to keep her mind off of the past she is still
running from. Her position at JDT
Graphic Designs will fill her days until she can retreat to the small apartment
and the safety of its walls.

That is until a business meeting turns her world upside
down in the form of Madden Decker. The
no nonsense business man who doesn’t do relationships since his heart was
broken. But one look at Blake and he is
drawn to her. He sees something in her
more than her beauty and he is determined to win her over at any cost.

Using his business relationship on more than one occasion
to turn things in his favor, Madden and Blake begin spending time
together. He notices her
self-destructive behaviors and her nightmares and wants nothing more to heal
her and make her his own. Revealing very
little about her past until necessary, Blake realizes that when she’s with
Madden she feels safe and because of that she lets her guard down and starts to
let him into her closed off heart.

But could that end up costing her…..her life?

The scenes described within the pages bring the
horrific, violent and degrading nightmares of Blake to life. I was scared for her and felt her pain and fear that she lived
with before fleeing her past. A wolf in
sheeps clothing describes Ish to a tee.
His little or no regard for life has you shuddering as you turn the
pages.

I was happy for Blake when she found some level of
happiness in being with Madden. All of
her attempts to dissuade him failing. She
thought all of horrible things that have happened to her and that she had lived
through would send him running from her without looking back.

This story will definitely take you on an emotional
roller coaster but it is definitely worth the ride. The end will leave you with the floor falling
out from under your feet. If you are anything like me, I was like,
OH NO!!! You CANNOT do this to me Erin Noelle!!! But she does and you can bet that I will be
waiting very impatiently to get my hands on the next installment Transparent,
releasing this Fall.

Erin Noelle is a Texas native, where she lives with her husband and two young daughters. While earning her degree in History at the University of Houston, she rediscovered her love for reading that was first instilled by her grandmother when she was a young child. A lover of happily-ever-afters, both historical and current, Erin is an avid reader of all romance novels. In 2013, she published the Book Boyfriend Series, which includedbooks Metamorphosis, Ambrosia, Euphoria, and Timeless, and recently published When the Sun Goes Down, a contemporary romance novel. Her books have been a part of the USA Today Bestselling list and the Amazon and Barnes & Noble overall Top 100.

My books all tend to be darker romance, edge of your seat,
angst filled reads. My advice to my readers when starting one of my
titles…prepare for the unexpected.

I have always had a passion for storytelling,
whether it be through lyrics or bed time stories with my sisters growing up. We
also used to put on performances by acting out stories. I wanted to become an
actress from an early age so I could live out many roles but unfortunately I
learned early on that my mind was too active…(I would end up wanting to change
the script)

I would watch films or TV shows and think of
ways they could have improved the story if they took another direction so I
thought it best that I tell my own.

My mum would always have a book in her hand when
I was young and passed on her love for reading, inspiring me to venture into
writing my own. I tend to have a darker edge to my writing. Not all love
stories are made from light; some are created in darkness but are just as
powerful and worth telling.

When I’m not lost in the world of characters I
love spending time with my family. I’m a mum and that comes first in my life
but when I do get down time I love attending music concerts or reading events
with my younger sister.

Skylar Nixon is a twenty-seven year old failed
actress with no Plan B. After a humiliating stint on a reality TV show crushes
what’s left of her childhood dream, she finds herself back in her hometown with
no money saved, no college degree, and no confidence she’s anything but a
joke—a small town starlet who couldn’t hack it in the big city.

When she runs into former classmate Sebastian
Pryce, she can’t believe the hot body and chiseled jaw belong to the shy,
troubled loner she knew ten years before. He’s not exactly friendly at first,
and she’s heard the rumors about his tragic past, but something in his sad eyes
intrigues her. She only wants to get to know him better.

Until the night she wants more—and takes it.
(Hard and deep. Twice.)

Are they just two lonely people seeking solace?
Or can a disgraced beauty queen and flawed, frustrated man find some sort of
happy ever after?

** SOME SORT OF HAPPY is a full-length, dual POV
novel, complete with a happy ending. **

Melanie
Harlow likes her martinis dry, her lipstick red, and her history with the
naughty bits left in. When she's not reading good books, she gets her kicks
from TV series like Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Masters of Sex,
Deadwood, Mad Men, and Downtown Abbey (although she wishes it were more HBO and
less PBS). Melanie is the author of the FRENCHED contemporary romance series
(FRENCHED, YANKED, FORKED) and the sexy historical series SPEAK EASY (SPEAK
EASY, SPEAK LOW), set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and
writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband and
two daughters.

Real estate developer Ethan McGregor’s life was changed forever
when his younger brother told him he was dying of cancer. Ethan was ready to do
whatever it took to save Evan, but Evan had other plans.

Say goodbye…

Samantha Truman runs the privately-funded Last Resort. Watching
her parent’s drive and determination to live longer than the doctors gave them
was the inspiration for the resort. It is her heart and soul--she lives to make
sure that each day is precious, and one more sunrise or sunset can make all the
difference the guests at Last Resort need.

After finding his brother’s journal, and discovering more about
Last Resort, Ethan is determined to find out if this place is one of those “too
good to be true” places that turn out to be a scam. But he was not ready for Samantha
Truman, he was not ready for everything to change, for his point of view in
life to be so incredibly altered, for the world to turn its axis. There are,
after all, some things Ethan can’t control, who to fall in love with is one of
them.

Each and
every one of the songs on this playlist mean a lot to this book, but these four
songs I would listen to more than others while writing. Sometimes on a loop for
hours at a time depending on what I was writing. The House That Built Me by
Miranda Lambert

Heron Blue
by Sun Kil Moon

Bloodstream
by Stateless

Long &
Lost by Florence + the Machine

~ Links to Buy ~

120 days….that’s like 4 months give or take. Sounds like
plenty of time to plan for trips, set goals, get ready for the holidays…you know..the
fun stuff. But 120 days takes on a
completely different meaning when that’s the average amount of time you have
left on this earth.

What an emotional read.
I was blown away by the emotional roller coaster that this story took me
on. I knew I was in trouble when just a
few pages in I felt my throat clench and tears well up in my eyes. Beautiful, the concept of allowing those with
little time left to experience life to the fullest. To allow them the opportunity to leave this
earth with dignity having lived till their last moments.

I had a feeling that the book would not only be the
journey of Evan’s passing and Ethan coming to terms with his loss. There was sooo much love. Not just between Samantha and Ethan but of
the many faces we come to meet along the way at their stay at the Last
Resort. But I had a feeling while
reading that M. Stratton was about to throw me for another loop and there may
or may not have been hints but none the less she crushed me.

There is no way that you can possibly read this book and
not be affected. Take what it from you
will, understanding, love, the ability to cope or strength to carry on. But do yourself a favor and read this
book.

~ Rating ~

~ About the Author ~

M.
Stratton is an International Amazon bestselling author in the romantic suspense
and mystery suspense categories for her Storm Series and Bender. She lives with
her husband and son in Arizona, which is a big difference from where she grew up
north of Chicago Illinois. As an only child she learned to tell herself stories
to make the long winters go by quicker while dreaming of summer vacations. Now
as an adult she still makes up stories to pass the time, but now she writes
them down to share with other people.

Stratton is a self-proclaimed dork who loves to make
people laugh. Her inner rock star is always on stage performing to a sold out
crowd, but she quiet and shy on the outside. She spends her days plotting new
ways to surprise her readers.

Friday, August 28, 2015

Release Blitz & Giveaway

Defining Love

(Complete Set)

by

Elizabeth Reyes

Genre:NA, Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 25,
2015

~ Synopsis ~

Fear of abandonment has been a
crippling issue for Henrietta her entire life. It's why when her bestie comes
out of the closet in college, admitting to being in love with her, she agrees
to take their friendship to another level.

Aaron's led a charmed life. He
has a perfect family, a dream job, and his business is booming. He also plans
on marrying his equally perfect girlfriend, who he's been with for over ten
years. Then he meets his kid sister's college buddy Henri.

At first, it's easy to deny and
even try to forget the incredible connection they felt after just one
conversation. But when Henri accepts a job working for Aaron and are together
almost daily, what they're feeling for each other becomes impossible to deny.

Should Aaron and Henri stay with
the ones they love or take a chance on something so extraordinary it's
impossible to even explain—understand. Making such a life-altering decision is
truly scary.

Note: This book was originally published in three volumes back in
May 2015 however is now being released as a full book. Elizabeth has left Volumes 1 & 2 for FREE on all major retail sites.

~ About the Author
~

USA Today Bestselling Author,
Elizabeth Reyes continues to answer to her calling on a daily basis. Since
releasing her debut novel Forever Mine (Moreno Brothers #1) in 2010 she has now
published 9 full length novels total and fast at work on the next. The
excitement her Moreno Brothers, 5th Street, and Fate series have garnered has
far exceeded her wildest dreams. It is with as much excitement that she'll
continue to put out books related to these series as well as introduce brand
new ones very soon.

In 2014 she will take her next
step in the exciting world of writing and publish her first traditionally
published book with Simon & Schuster/Atria. But she will continue putting
out self-published books as well.